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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Barbara ask everyone in the class?
(a) if they were black.
(b) If they were Jewish.
(c) If they were white.
(d) If they could sing.

2. What was every picture of that Rena drew?
(a) Her best friend who was black.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Black characters.
(d) Trees.

3. Who came to the classroom in Chapter 15?
(a) A black boy's father.
(b) A white girl's father.
(c) A black girl's father.
(d) A white girl's mither.

4. What did the other girl want to know about the girl who made the announcement in Chapter 24?
(a) If her dad was black too.
(b) Where he went.
(c) If her dad was white too.
(d) Why he left.

5. What did one student suggest about all black people in Chapter 2?
(a) That all blacks her fat.
(b) That all blacks ate fried food.
(c) That all blacks had grease in their hair.
(d) That all blacks were poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Mrs. Paley want to explain her classroom's goings on to?

2. Whose conversation did Mrs. Paley overhear in Chapter 21?

3. What was Anna always open to?

4. What did Mrs. Paley take a closer look at in relationship to ethnic speech?

5. Where were Mrs. Paley's first teaching jobs located?

(see the answer key)

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